Begg, Alexander
A History of British Columbia from Its Earliest Discovery to the Present Time.
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Seller ID: 2086C Toronto: Briggs, 1894. First edition, with a typed note on the front endpaper, ‘With the compliments of/ Mr. SANFORD [sic] FLEMING. / January, 1895.’(pp. xviii, 8- 568). Octavo (22 cm) in brown publisher’s cloth, gilt titles and decoration; illustrated with over a hundred sketches, photographs in text. A remark in the Introduction captures the narrative’s point of view, ‘Of the pre-historic period, that is, prior to the arrival of Captain James Cook, on the north-west coast of America, little need be said.’ So, a history of Europeans, British Europeans, in the Northwest emphasizing commercial and social development, loyalty to the Queen Empress, and the like. Paper becoming brittle with a tendency to chip, absent the map mentioned in the Preface (but no sign it was ever present and had subsequently been removed). A Very Good copy. Price: $175.00  
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